Vaasa

Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) [1] is in Ostrobothnia, Finland.

Understand

Vaasa has been an important place whilst Finland was part of Sweden and was made capital of Finland once for a short period. Many people are Swedish-speaking here and the ties to Sweden are strong in the area.

Get in

By car

By train

By bus

By boat

Ferries run between Vaasa and Holmsund, Sweden (near Umeå).

Get around

See

Do

Old Vaasa is situated about 6km south east of the todays town featuring some ruins and a most bizarre manor house redone into a church.
Raippaluodon Silta, Finland's longest bridge, can be reached when driving 10km north-west toward the island Raippaluoto, which is a part of the municipality of Mustasaari that surrounds Vaasa. Just a bit before the bridge is a lovely public beach where you can easily camp for a day or two.